ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52719
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:09 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1470 |
| MSN: | UV-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer N of Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Takeoff at 23:31 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2 - (claim) IJsselmeer North of Urk Island.
Fg Off Lark who became a POW Later reported “The aircraft was badly damaged by an enemy night fighter over Germany. He was wounded during the combat and on calling other members of the crew received no reply. The aircraft appeared to be diving and out of control with the fuselage on fire. I baled out landed in a lake and swam ashore. The
Germans informed him later that the rest of the crew were dead:
Pilot: Aus/404844 Sgt Alexander Frederick Whittick RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113
Observer: Aus/406272 Plt Off Albert Ernest William Webb RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111
Bomb Aimer: Aus/401237 Sgt Jack Douglas Hancocks RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/402409 Plt Off Charles Rowland Lark RAAF PoW ?
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/406444 Sgt Allan Edwin McCrae RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1674
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | Z1391 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 3 | near Dreux, Eure-et-Loir 28 |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | Z1462 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 3 | Wielen, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jul-2017 15:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2018 20:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 13:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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